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Friday, February 13, 2015

GAME DAY 54: at Bathurst

A preview of tonight’s game between the
Saint John Sea Dogs and Acadie-Bathurst Titan…

When and where: Tonight at 7:30 p.m., KC
Irving Regional Centre

TV/Radio/Webcast: Rogers TV/96.1 NewSong
FM/QMJHL Live

Records: The Sea Dogs are second in the
Maritimes Division and sixth overall in the QMJHL with a record of 28-18-1-6
for 63 points. The Titan are sixth in the Maritimes and last overall with a
14-35-4-2 record for 34 points.

Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off
a 3-1 win over the Moncton Wildcats on Sunday at Harbour Station. Adam Marsh,
Juraj Siska and Thomas Chabot all scored in the win while Sebastien Auger made
30 saves. The Titan are coming off a 3-0 loss in Halifax on Saturday. Reilly
Pickard made 25 saves in the loss.

2014-15 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are
3-2-0-1 against the Titan this season while Bathurst is 3-3-0-0 against Saint
John.

Last meeting: Jan. 7 at Harbour Station
where the Titan defeated the Sea Dogs 6-4. Mark Simpson had two goals for
Bathurst while singles came from Andrew Ryan, Jordan Maher, Aaron Kerr and
Nicholas Blanchard. Spencer Smallman scored twice for Saint John while Justice
Dundas and Mitchell Dempsey also scored. Daniel Vautour made 31 saves in the
win while Sebastien Auger made 25 in the loss.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Titan: None

Random stat: The Titan have allowed just
two shootout goals on 14 attempts this season.

SJ notes: Nathan Noel leads the Sea Dogs
in scoring with 47 points in 53 games… Adam Marsh leads Saint John in goals
with 21… Noel has a team high 28 assists… Sebastien Auger’s save percentage of
.912 leads the league… Adam Marsh is eighth in rookie scoring with 39 points… Thomas
Chabot is 16th in defensemen scoring with 31 points… 17-7-0-1 when
scoring first… 18-10-1-3 against Maritimes Division teams… owners of the
league’s best penalty kill with a rating of 83.9%... 10-13-0-3 on the road this
season… 4-5-0-1 in their last 10 games and have won two straight.

A-B notes: Mark Simpson leads the Titan
in scoring with 36 points in 46 games… Raphael Corriveau leads the team in
goals with 17… Simpson has a team high 23 assists… Jordan Maher is tied for the
league lead in rookie power play goals with seven… 9-15-3-0 on home ice this
season… 12-8-2-1 when scoring first… 10-19-3-2 against Maritimes Division teams…
the Titan have the second worst power play in the league with a rating of
15.2%... Bathurst has the third worst penalty kill in the league with a rating
of 74.7%... the Titan have allowed a league high 12 shorthanded goals and
scored a league low one… averaging 2.34 goals per game, the fewest in
the league… 1-8-0-1 in their past 10 games and have lost five straight.